#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#This file is part of pyLot library.
#
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__author__ = u'Pierre Puiseux, Guillaume Baty'
__copyright__ = u"Copyright 2011-2012 (C) andheo, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour"
__credits__ = [u'Pierre Puiseux', u'Guillaume Baty']
__license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License"

#from _pylot.minimal.datum import Datum
#from _pylot.minimal.container import Container

def container_to_configobj(container):
  u"""
  export container to configobj 
  """
  from configobj import ConfigObj
  config = ConfigObj(encoding=u'UTF-8')
  config[container.name] = container.toKeyValueDict()
  return config

def container_to_ini(container, filepath):
  u"""
  export container to ini file using config obj.
  """
  configobj = container_to_configobj(container)
  configobj.filename = filepath
  configobj.write()

def ini_to_container(filepath):
  u"""
  NOT IMPLEMENTED
  """
  raise NotImplementedError


if __name__ == '__main__' :
  pass
